St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
Ordinances.
ORDINANCE No, 766,

OhDlNA ME- " ". 100.
An Ordidance to Provide for the Licensing,
Regulation and Control of Intelligence
and Employment Agents and Railroad
Ticket Agents
The Common Council of the City of St.
Paul do prdain as follows:
Section l. NO person. firm, corporation
or association of individuals shall hereafter
be engaged in conducting, carrying Oh OF
employed in the business of intelligence or
employment agent, or the management of
any intelligence or employment Office, either
for males OF females. or railroad ticket
broker or agent. within the corporate limits
of the City of st. Paul. without first
having obtained license therefor and given
the bond as in this ordinance provided.
Sec. 2. Any such person. firm or corpor-
alton desiring to carry on said business
shall make application to the City Clerk of
the City of st. Paul for license so to do, and
shall file with said Clerk the bond herein
after provided for, which bond shall have
been previously approved of by the Mayor
of said city, and such applicant shall pay
into the Treasury OF the City of st. Paul
the sums hereinafter named for such
license, which said sum or amount for said
license shall be as follows: Intelligence or
employment Office for males. $3.50; intelli-
gence or employment office for females,
$25; railroad ticket brokers, $3.50.
Sec. 3. All persons applying for license
to carry on the business of intelligence or
employment Office for males shall, in addi-
ton to paying the license fee therefor above
stated, execute and deliver unto the city of
st. Paul for the use of all persons doing
business with said agent or agents a bond
in the penal sum of So, 900, with two or
more sureties who shall in the aggregate
justify in double the amount of such bond
and conditioned for the payment of any and
all damages which any person may sustain
by reason of the improper or wrongful acts
of such Intelligence or employment agent in
such capacity or by reason of any false in
formation given by such agent.
Sec. 4. Upon compliance with the fore
going provisions and the payment of the adj
ditional sum of 81 as his fee for the issuance
of the same, the City Clerk shall issue to
said applicant license to carry on the
business or employment stated in said ap-
plication and hereinbefore named within
said city up to and until the LIST day of
January next following the date of said APP
plicatiOn.
Sec. ). All and every person, firm, cor
poratiOn or association of individuals duly
convicted of having violated any of the
GCIuio requirements vi plOFlStU1lS VI UIllS
ordinance shall be fined in sum not less
than $40 nor more than 500, or by I'M
prisonment not exceeding ninety days.
Sec. 6. Any and all ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with this ordi-
nance are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Yeas-Ald. COnley, O'Connor, Petsch,
Cullen, Ryan, Sanb0rn, Weber, Kenny,
Kahn, Hamm. Bryant, Minea, Long, Mr..
Vice President-14.
Passed April 19. 1887.
JOHN DowLAN, Vice President of Council.
Approved April 81, 1887.
ROBERT A. SMITH, Mayor.
Attest:
THos. A. PRENDERGAsT, City Clerk.
April 90.